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Wed, 04 Jan 12 4:46 AM | 91 view(s)
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I used to read about everything I could get my hands on when I was a kid and a two inch thick paperback was thirty five cents. Read a lot in nam as it was a good way to pass the time when I wasn't busy. I figured anything that made the time go faster was a blessing. Got lax, and lazy about the time they came out with cable tv with a bazillion channels and drifted away. Have recently returned to reading and have rediscovered that I really like it.

Reading requires what I call Full Mind Mode. Listening to radio requires half mind mode. Tv requires that you turn your mind off.

I like sci-fi and mystery and or spy novels.

I have found a few free websites where ya can go online and read books. These are usually associated with University's of some sort. This has been a reaction to the fact that you can spend $9.00 or so on a two inch thick paperback these days.

I don't have an E-reader. Don't know if I really want one. I have found that reading books online that the biggest problem is that there is no way to bookmark the darned thing if ya need to quit reading for awhile due to the call of nature or being sent to the grocery store for some vague substance the wife doesn't really need, but it's the only thing she can think of to put an end to ya enjoyin yasself.




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Re: online books
By: micro in POPE
Wed, 04 Jan 12 3:13 AM 		Msg. 49322 of 65535

I got me one of them thar 7 inch E-reader tablets for Christmas.
It surfs the web, does a host of other things including email, is an android system, has lots of apps and can get thousands more, and is a B&N reader to boot.

I have never looked at an e-book yet but somehow I think the print would be small and I just cannot see myself sitting anywhere trying to read a book holding this gizmo in my hands squinting to see the text.

I did set up the email app to go to my GMAIL account and that works and I set up the browser to open to my favorite online store as well.

I have browsed to Here and other places. Very small.

So far I think I would prefer a smaller laptop, perhaps 14 or 15 inches as the screen is much larger and the operating system much quicker.

Thankfully I didn't pay for this gadget and honestly do not see why anybody would like them. More annoying than they are worth.

Besides, I like purchasing books in hard back editions and reading them and then placing them in the library in my home. This way I can pass the collection of books on to my children and grandchildren.

If you have found an e-reader you like, please share it with me.

Thanks,

micro...

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